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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and United Arab Emirates  on Cooperation in the field of Industries and Advanced Technologies
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today has approved the proposal for signing a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding  between India and the United Arab Emirates  on Cooperation in the field of Industries and Advanced Technologies.
Growing India-UAE economic and commercial relations contribute to the stability and strength of a rapid diversifying and deepening bilateral relationship between the two countries. India-UAE bilateral trade, valued at US$ 180 million  per annum in the 1970s has increased to US$ 60 billion  making the UAE, India's third largest trading partner for the year 2019-20 after China and the US. Moreover, the UAE is the second largest export destination of India  with an export value of US$ 29 billion  for the year 2019-2020. The UAE is eighth largest investor in India with an estimated investment of US$ 18 billion . Indian investments in the UAE are estimated at around US$ 85 billion .
India and the UAE have signed a bilateral "Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement"  on 18/02/2022. This agreement has potential to increase trade between India and the UAE from US$ 60 billion  to US$ 100 billion  in the next five years.
The MoU envisages cooperation on a mutually beneficial basis in the following areas:
a. Strengthening the Supply Chain Resilience of Industries
b. Renewable & Energy Efficiency
c. Health and life sciences
d. Space Systems
e. Artificial Intelligence
f. Industry 4.0 Enabling Technologies
g. Standardization, metrology, conformity assessment, accreditation, and Halal certification.
The MoU aims at strengthening and developing industries in both nations through investments, technology transfer and the deployment of key technologies in industries. This is likely to generate employment across the economy.
The implementation of MoU may lead to increase in research and innovation in all areas of mutual cooperation, particularly in the areas of Renewable Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Industry Enabling technologies and Health and Life science. This may lead to growth of these sectors, increased domestic production, enhanced exports and reduction in imports.
Signing of the MoU will result in fulfilling the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat, a clarion call given by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India in making India a self-reliant nation.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Vaccination of Newborns
Government has taken steps to create awareness among parents of newborns about the importance of vaccination.
Steps taken to create awareness among parents of newborns across the country are:
- Awareness generation through electronic and print media like radio spots, television, poster, hoardings etc.
- Inter personal communication by front line health workers like Auxiliary Nurse Midwife  and Accredited Social Health Activists .
- Utilizing social media platforms like Twitter, WhatsApp
- Social mobilization by Accredited Social Health Activists  and other community workers.
- Incentives to ASHAs for mobilizing the children to the session site and for ensuring full immunization to the child at 1, 2 and 5 years of age.
- Delivering free, audiomessages about immunization directly to mobile phones of the caregivers from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child is one year old
- Delivering periodic text messages to caregivers regarding immunization
The following steps are taken by the Government to address the issue of vaccine hesitancy, public mistrust of vaccines and immunisation services in the country:
- Active social mobilization is carriedoutin the states to counter the vaccine hesitancy among high-risk areas and groups. A cadre of skilled and experienced mobilisers of Social Mobilization Network  is deployed in select states to mobilise the communities and address the mistrust, rumours and hesitation regarding vaccination.
- Advocacy with key religious leaders and influencers on the importance of vaccination.
- Advocacy with media to cover positive immunization stories from the field and success stories for building trust in immunization and vaccines.
- Mobilizing the private practitioners through advocacy with Indian Academy of Pediatrics / Indian Medical Association  to give out messages on importance of vaccination and on the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
- Positive messages to counter rumours, myths and misinformation through social media including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp
The services of ASHA workers is utilized to create awareness about vaccination and establish a line of primary communication between the general public and health workers.
- ASHA workers have been capacitated through various platforms to enhance their Interpersonal Communication Skills to establish and strengthen the line of primary communication between public and health workers.
- ASHA workers are being trained on BRIDGE  module across all states to ensure effective awareness generation and Interpersonal Communication  among general public.
- ASHA workers also promote awareness about vaccination through regular house to house visits in the community and on Village Health and Nutrition Day 
The Minister of State , Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, here today.
Ministry of Rural Development
Centre Releases Rs. 23,147 Crore under MGNREGS
In the 2nd week of the current Financial Year, Ministry of Rural Development has already released Rs. 23,147 crore to various States/UTs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The funds, besides clearing all wage and payment liabilities of previous year, will also ensure smooth implementation of the scheme in the coming months of FY 2018-19.
In line with the commitment of Central Government towards release of funds by 10th April, 2018, the Ministry has released Rs. 14,995 crore for wages and Rs. 8,152 crore for material expenditure under MGNREGS. This release includes the amount pending as liability for the work done in the last weeks of FY 2017-18.
The States/UTs have been advised to ensure that all the pending liabilities are duly cleared. The Ministry is closely monitoring the compliance. It is important to mention here that the Central Government has an initial budget provision of Rs. 55,000crore in FY 2018-19 which is the highest since inception of the programme. Last year the initial budget provision was Rs. 48,000crore which was revised upwards during the later stages.
The Central Government pays for 100% of the wage expenditure and 75% of the material expenditure under the scheme. The total expenditure in FY 2017-18 under the scheme was Rs. 64,189 crore. In FY 2017-18, Six States  who are on the National Electronic Fund Management System  released a cumulative of Rs. 1,570 crore over and above their matching state share. NeFMS has been a great enabler in transferring MGNREGA wages directly to beneficiaries’ bank/post office accounts and there is no hassle if States want to contribute their share or more.
Labour Budget for FY 2018-19 has been finalized through a participatory process with the States/UTs. In FY 2017-18, a total of 233 crore persondays were generated which is 101% of the approved labour budget of 231 crore. The programme’s increased outreach is reflected in the lowest number of Gram Panchayats with nil expenditure  in FY 2017-18 since inception. Also, about 86% of the total payments in FY 2017-18 were generated within 15 days of closure of Muster Rolls.
There has been a continued emphasis on creation of durable and productive assets and on completion of ongoing works.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
MSP Operations during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21
About 29.53 Lakh Paddy Farmers have benefitted from KMS Procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 59837.31 Crore
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala,Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra with purchase of over 316.93LMTs of paddy up to 29.11.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 267.22LMT showing an increase of 18.60 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 316.93 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.74 LMT which is 63.97 % of total procurement.
About 29.53 Lac farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 59837.31 Crore.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 45.24 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme . Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 29.11.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 100429.81 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.540.92 Crores benefitting 57956 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto 29.11.2020 as against the last year corresponding purchase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based on the arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses and Oilseeds.
Procurement operations of seed cotton  under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka. Till 29.11.2020 a quantity of 2816255 cotton bales valuing Rs.8286.91 Crore has been procured benefitting 565591 farmers.
Ministry of Railways
Kisan Rail
Since the launch of Kisan Rail service on 7th August 2020 and upto 30th June 2022, Railways have operated around 2,359 Kisan Rail services, transporting approximately 7.9 lakh tonnes of perishables including onion, banana, potato, ginger, garlic, mango, grapes, pomegranate, oranges, chikoo, lemon, capsicum, cabbage, cauliflower, and other fruits and vegetables. The year-wise and State-wise break up of number of services is as under:-

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State

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2020-21
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2021-22
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2022-23

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Andhra Pradesh
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8
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108
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-
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Assam
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-
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1
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-
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Gujarat
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25
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34
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3
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Karnataka
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12
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34
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-
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Maharashtra
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353
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1,434
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51
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Madhya Pradesh
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28
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46
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-
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Punjab
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1
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14
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-
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Rajasthan
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-
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5
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-
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Telangana
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-
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66
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-
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Tripura
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-
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1
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-
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Uttar Pradesh
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-
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68
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8
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West Bengal
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28
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30
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1
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Total
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455
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1,841
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63
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari congratulates ISRO for carving India's illustrious chapter in celestial history
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari congratulates ISRO for carving India's illustrious chapter in celestial history.
In a series of tweets Shri Gadkari said Heartfelt congratulations to the brilliant minds at ISRO, especially Chairman Shri S Somanath, Project Director Shri P Veeramuthuvel, and Mission Director Shri Mohana Kumar, for the flawless lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3.
The Union Minister said this achievement makes India the first country in the world to land on the south pole of the moon. He said unwavering dedication, meticulous planning, and exceptional teamwork have once again showcased India's prowess in space exploration.
Many congratulations to our fellow citizens of India on this historic achievement, a beacon of inspiration for generations to come.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland Mr Y. Patton calls on Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, at New Delhi today.
Both the leaders discuss a number of developmental projects for Nagaland.
Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland, Mr.Y. Patton today called on Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed wide range of issues related to development projects and proposals submitted by the State Government.
During the meeting, Dr JitendraSingh pointed out to Mr Patton that as a special consideration and priority, the Centre has sanctioned for the State of Nagaland, second Government Medical College within a short span of three years. He said, it is an irony that for over 70 years after independence, Nagaland was possibly the only State in the country which did not have a single Medical College of its own, which led to inconvenience to the patients as well as aspiring Medicos who were constrained to travel outside the State.
Dr JitendraSingh further noted that for a small State with a population of just about 20 Lakh, two centrally funded Medical Colleges are an indication of the priority that the Central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi accords to the North Eastern Region and the peripheral far-flung States like Nagaland.
Pertinent to mention that while the first ever Medical College for Nagaland was sanctioned about three years back for the capital city of Kohima, the second Medical College has now been sanctioned to be located at district Mon in Eastern Nagaland.
Deputy CM also took up with the DoNER Minister the State projects to be executed under NERDS . He expressed keenness to expedite the road project of Chan Dang Sadle to Noklak which is about 31 Kilometre.
Dr JitendraSingh observed that all the schemes sanctioned by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  and the North Eastern Council  are based on the priority cited by the respective State governments. He said, there has been certain inevitable delay in some projects due to unfortunate COVID conditions, and added that the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  had been forthcoming in providing financial assistance to the North Eastern State governments in the very beginning of the COVID pandemic. Even now, the Ministry is processing proposals from several States for funding of Infectious Disease Hospitals and healthcare for the future, he added.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Secretary reviews the preparatory measures arising out of the Cyclonic Storm ‘VAYU’
Union Home Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba chaired a high level meeting here today to review the preparedness of State and Central Ministries/Agencies concerned to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone ‘VAYU’.
India Meteorological Department  apprised that Cyclone ‘VAYU’ is expected to cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Diu around west of Veraval as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with wind speed 145-155 kmph gusting to 170 kmph in the forenoon of 13th June 2019. It is likely to cause heavy rainfall in the coastal districts of Gujarat and Storm surge of height of about 1.5-2.0 m above the astronomical tides likely to inundate the low lying coastal areas of Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagarh, Diu, Gir Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts at the time of landfall. IMD has been issuing regular bulletins to all the concerned States.
The meeting was attended by senior Officers from Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Department of Telecom, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Disaster Management Authority, Integrated Defence Staff, India Meteorological Department and National Disaster Response Force.
In this meeting Chief Secretary of Gujarat and Advisor to Administrator of Diu were also connected through Video conferencing and they apprised about preparatory measures put in place for dealing with cyclonic Storm. Gujarat has already evacuated about 1.2 lakhs people from low lying areas to safer places and would complete the evacuation of 3 lakh people by 4 PM today. Similarly Diu has evacuated 8000 people and would complete the evacuation of over 10000 people by 4 PM.
Department of Telecom  has issued orders to telecom service providers to allow inter-circle roaming without any extra charge.
Ministry of Home Affairs is in continuous touch with the State Governments/UT and the Central Agencies concerned. NDRF has pre-positioned 52 teams equipped with boats, tree-cutters, telecom equipments etc.
Indian Coast Guard, the Navy, Army and Air Force units have also been put on standby and surveillance aircraft and helicopters are carrying out aerial surveillance.
Reviewing the preparedness of the State and Central Agencies, Union Home Secretary directed the concerned officials to take all precautionary measures with a view to ensure that no human life is lost and minimize damage to infrastructure. He also reviewed arrangements for making available essential food, drinking water and medicines in relief camps and to ensure maintenance of all essential services such as Power, Telecommunications, health etc. and that these are restored immediately in the event of damages caused to them.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani’s visit to Dharavi ICDS Centre in Mumbai
: Mumbai, September 6, 2021
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani visited an Integrated Child Development Services  Scheme Centre at Dharavi in Mumbai today.
The Minister interacted with various citizens receiving benefits under the Scheme and also visited their homes. Smt Irani is in Mumbai, as a part of various targeted outreach activities under POSHAN Maah 2021, under the Central Government’s Poshan Abhiyaan.
The Minister also distributed nutrition kits and fruit baskets to pregnant women, lactating mothers and children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition .
Today’s programme, at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations’s G- North Ward, was organized as a part of Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram.
Minister inaugurates Digital Guddi-Gudda Board
On the occasion, the WCD Minister also inaugurated a Digital Guddi Gudda Board at the ICDS premises. The board is used for updating, monitoring and giving visibility to birth statistics, under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative. It also displays information and educational material on the scheme, and thus acts as a medium for advocacy and information. The Board is a digital innovation, conceived by Jalgaon District of Maharashtra, under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.
About Poshan Abhiyan
POSHAN Abhiyaan is Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes for children, adolescent Girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers. Focusing on the aims of POSHAN Abhiyaan, Mission Poshan 2.0  has been announced in the Budget 2021-2022 as an integrated nutrition support programme, to strengthen nutritional content, delivery, outreach and outcomes with focus on developing practices that nurture health, wellness and immunity to disease and malnutrition.
In order to ensure community mobilization and bolster people’s participation, every year, the month of September is celebrated as POSHAN Maah across the country.
AYUSH
Mega Event of IDY-2020 led by the Prime Minister to be Organised in Leh: Shripad Yesso Naik
Awards for Excellence in Information Technology  in AYUSH Sector announced
The main national event for the 6th International Day of Yoga  will be held on 21st June 2020 at Leh, the capital of UT of Ladakh and the event will be led by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. This was formally announced by the Minister of State  for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik at a media briefing in New Delhi today. Addressing the media persons, the AYUSH Minister also announced AYUSH I.T. Awards 2019 on this occasion.
The Prime Minister leads a harmonious mass demonstration of Yoga every year in the main event of IDY. This demonstration follows the Common Yoga Protocol . The event of IDY-2020 promises to be unique and different since such a large congregation for Yoga will be taking place in a high altitude location like Leh for the first time.
A 45-minute yoga drill based on Common Yoga Protocol is the highlight of observation of IDY. The PM is expected to carry out yogasanas based on CYP along with an anticipated gathering of 15000 to 20000 people on the Yoga Day, at Leh. Industrial bodies like CII and FICCI, Educational bodies like CBSE, UGC and NCERT and various other stakeholders have already prepared plans and programmes for the IDY-2020. The preparatory activities normally start 3-4 months prior to IDY, through thousands of CYP training programmes across the country. Millions of people are introduced to Yoga in the spirit of a mass movement as part of IDY observation every year. The observation of IDY is a truly global activity and nearly 200 countries participate in the same, as per the experience of previous years.
For awards for Excellence in Information Technology  in AYUSH Sector, forty seven entries were received in response to the open announcement. These were examined by the Scrutiny Committee which shortlisted 8 entries. The representatives of the Institutions of the 8 shortlisted entries subsequently made presentations before the Jury. The Jury considered the presentations and other relevant aspects before sending its recommendation. These Awards seek to recognize IT products and projects that demonstrate use of path breaking or innovative use of IT for enhancements in efficiency, effectiveness of process, cost, quality, service delivery or a combination of these.
The purpose of the Award is Promote and exchange experiences in solving problems, mitigating risks, resolving issues and planning for success through IT initiatives and develops Information Technology in AYUSH sector.
List of Awardees